Game 2, 1983 State of Origin
June 21, 1983 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Game 2, 1983 State of Origin: New South Wales 10–6 Queensland, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on June 21, 1983.
Attendance: 21,620
This game's full lineups for both teams -- previously incomplete (New South Wales missing positions 8, 10, 12; Queensland missing positions 10, 11) -- were resolved via a dedicated follow-up research pass directly against rugbyleagueproject.org's match-specific box score. No confirmed interchange bench was found for Queensland in this game.
Scorers
| New South Wales | Tries: Hunt; Ella Goals: Cronin (1/3) |
| Queensland | Tries: Meninga Goals: Meninga (1/1) |
Teams
| New South Wales | Queensland | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marty Gurr | Fullback | Colin Scott | 1 |
| 2 | Neil Hunt | Wing | Terry Butler | 2 |
| 3 | Michael Cronin | Centre | Mal Meninga | 3 |
| 4 | Steve Ella | Centre | Gene Miles | 4 |
| 5 | Eric Grothe | Wing | Chris Close | 5 |
| 6 | Brett Kenny | Five-eighth | Wally Lewis | 6 |
| 7 | Peter Sterling | Halfback | Mark Murray | 7 |
| 8 | Ray Price | Prop | Paul Vautin | 8 |
| 9 | Gavin Miller | Hooker | Wally Fullerton-Smith | 9 |
| 10 | Paul Field | Prop | Bryan Niebling | 10 |
| 11 | Lindsay Johnston | Second Row | Dave Brown | 11 |
| 12 | Ray Brown | Second Row | Greg Conescu | 12 |
| 13 | Geoff Gerard | Lock | Brad Tessmann | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Steve Mortimer | |||
| 15 | Stan Jurd | |||
| Ted Glossop | Coach | Arthur Beetson | ||
Player of the Match
Peter Sterling (New South Wales)
Match officials
| Referee | John Gocher |
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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